1 After George
Stubbs (British, 1724-1806)
A Singular Animal Called Kanguroo [Sic] Found On The Coast Of
New Holland, c1773/1800. Engraving, titled in plate below image,
15.5 x 21cm. Uneven margins with a minor perforation and chips
to left edge.
This
image, which was published with the journals of Cook's first
voyage, was the first recorded European depiction of a kangaroo.
$880
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2 William Heath (British, 1795-1840)
March Of Intellect [Transportation], c1829. Hand-coloured etching
and engraving, captions in plate above, below and within image,
artist's monogram, title and publisher's line in plate below
image, 29.7 x 41.1cm (paper size). Slight stains, old folds and
repaired tears to image, trimmed plate mark. Laid down on acid-free
paper.
Captions
include "Lord how this world improves as we grow older",
and describe the various fantasy vehicles and machines pictured,
e.g. a flying bat taking convicts to New South Wales. Publisher's
line reads "Published by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, London."
Held in the Powerhouse Museum collection.
$2,900
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3 William Heath (British, 1795-1840)
New Panorama… A Startling Interrogation, [Emigration], 1829.
Hand-coloured etching and engraving, captions in plate above,
below and within image, artist's monogram, title, date and publisher's
line in plate below image, 24.6 x 35cm (paper size). Slight foxing
and soiling overall, trimmed plate mark. Tipped to old backing.
Captions
from illustrated characters include "Do you wish to go to
Hell or Botany Bay Sir?/I wonts to go to Bottomybay/La Mama,
I should like to see the Naughty Place better than any thing."
Publisher's line reads "Published April 1829 by T. McLean,
26 Haymarket, where complete sets of P. Pry caricatures may be
had."
$3,800
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4 Louis Auguste
de Sainson (French, 1801-1887)
Maison Du Gouverneur A Sydney, 1833. Hand-coloured lithograph,
artist, title and text below image, blind stamp in lower margin,
23.7 x 32.8cm. Slight foxing overall, repaired tear and minor
soiling to margins.
Text
reads "(Nouvelle Galles du Sud). Hostein lith. fig. par
V. Adam. J. Tastu Editeur. Lith. de Lemercier." Blind stamp
reads "Voyage de l'Astrolabe, J. Dumont D'Urville, Commandant,
J.T." Image depicts the first Government House in Sydney
Cove which is now the site of the Museum of Sydney, Bridge Street.
Louis de Sainson was the official artist aboard Dumont D'Urville's
L'Astrolabe, during the ship's voyage to Australia and New Zealand
in 1827.
$2,200
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5 Anon
[Satire On The
Topic Of Emigration To NSW], c1835. Letterpress handbill with
woodcut illustration, 36.1 x 24.6cm (paper size). Stains and
soiling overall, creases and tears to edges.
Text
includes "Old More's iron-glyphicks: or snap metamorphosed,
being No. III of a series of terrestrial configurations of the
old Norwich constellation which has so long been in the ascendant,
but will take its departure on the 20th December 1835, (it is
presumed for New South Wales) never again to be seen by the people
of this devoted city… ".
$2,200
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6 Touchstone
The Emigration
Question, c1850. Tinted lithograph, signed in image lower right,
titled and captioned below image, 24.8 x 16.8cm. Slight soiling
overall, trimmed margins, minor wear to edges.
Caption
reads "I say Dick what's your opinion about this here himmigratin
caper - vy I'll tell ye what I thinks, it's o'no use for a cove
to himmigrate unless he's got plenty o'money - and then ye see
if he's got plenty o'tin - vot does a feller vant to go a himmigratin
for?"
It wasn't only British convicts who went to Australia during
the 19th century. Free people chose to make a new life there
and immigration continued at a fairly unchecked pace well into
the 20th century. It was only in 1922 that the Commonwealth of
Australia took control of immigration from the individual states.
$2,200
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7 Anon
You'll Be Transported
When Your Lawful Wife Returns, c1855. Hand-coloured lithograph,
caption below image, 16.9 x 20.3cm. Slight stains, soiling and
wear to margins.
There
were 164,000 convicts transported from Great Britain to Australia
between 1788 to 1868.
$2,400
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8 After Samuel
Walters (British, 1811-1882)
Pair of hand-coloured lithographs, c1860.
(a) Outward Bound, Off The Rock Fort
And Lighthouse, Liverpool [Emigrant Ship Eliza]
(b) Homeward Bound, Passing The Light-Ship,
Liverpool [Betsey]
Each with title below image, 38.5 x 52cm (approx., each image).
Both in 19th century bird's-eye maple frames.
An
engraving of the painting Outward Bound by Samuel Walters is
held in the Powerhouse Museum collection.
The Pair $3,300
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9 After M.
Scott
"Stick To Him, Jim!" Bush Life In New South Wales-The
"Buckjumper", c1860s. Colour lithograph, title and
text below image, 36.7 x 46.3cm. Old folds, slight stains and
repaired tears to margins, old mount burn. Laid down on linen.
Text
reads "Supplement to the Illustrated Sydney News. Printed
by Gibbs, Shallard & Co.'s Steam Lithographic Machine, Sydney."
$1,350
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10 After
William Strutt (British,
1825-1915)
Black Thursday, c1864. Autotype, artist's signature reproduced
in image lower left, artist, title and text on original backing
below image 18.5 x 55.2cm. Laid down on original presentation
backing. Original frame.
Text
reads "An episode of the Australian bushfires, February
6th, 1851. From the picture by William Strutt. Published and
copyright registered by E.J. Wivell, Adelaide, S.A." The
original oil painting, measuring 106.5 x 343cm, is held in the
State Library of Victoria collection. Thirteen years after 1851
bushfires Strutt composed the painting in England, based on sketches
he had made at the time from first-hand accounts. The painting
was reproduced as an autotype, a 19th century photographic process.
$1,650
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